Miss Carrie True Sails Sanford to New York Steamer
Miss Carrie True departs Sanford by boat for Jacksonville and takes a steamer to New York, with plans to return in two weeks. Contained alongside are notes on residents including Fred Clark McDowell and the McDowell family, plus garden moss removal tips and local chatter.
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Carrie True
Sanford
Jacksonville
New York
Miss True
Ag Feamney
Are Pharmacy
Eustis
Ayvat-3
Goodomme
Fred McDowell
Origate
Fred Clark McDowell
Mount Dora Population, Businesses in 1905 to 1920
A 1937 column recalls Mount Dora population growth from about 300 in 1905 to 900 by 1920 with winter visitors. It notes a small business district including two general stores and a hardware shop and mentions local residents and shop employees moving to New York City.
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Mount Dora
Gade
Pepo
James Bienen
Namie
Ternenny R
Et Aera
Aod
Lee
Grace
Fire destroys Red Cross director’s lakefront home
On a August night in 1947 a blaze at William Barker’s Lake Beauclair house left the vacant 10 room home reduced by fire. The loss was estimated in the thousands with valuables burned. Barker served in France as a peace emissary and was not at home during the blaze.
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Red Cross
William Barker
France
Lake Beauclair
Rong
Smyrna Beach
Saliday
Isi Rai Bie
Essanene Bene
North
Jack Heist
Vernon Conner
Nee R. V. Parker
Tyrone
Chester
W. Va
C. A. Rom
Jacksonville
B. N. Nimnicht
Commodore
Ed Nimnicht
Two Coaches Odoms Back in Florida Grid Roles
The article notes two Odoms from Mount Dora taking coaching posts in Florida this week. Billy Odom will be the field coach at Broward after earning a masters at Florida State University. Paul Odom becomes the freshman coach at Florida State University.
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Germany
James Sanders
Lake Jem
U. S. Army Artillery and Missile School
Fort Sill
Okla
Paul Odom
Ray Odom
Mount Dora
Billy
Meta i Ag Rane Yee Pang “Appar Care High School
Hollywood
Fla
Florida State University
Broward
Paul
Kay Elliott
West Fifth Avenue
P. O. Box
Florida
Life Begins at Sixty The Gift of Understanding Print
The piece argues reading opens horizons and human experience, but society undervalues literacy in favor of tangible possessions. It notes varied reading habits from daily papers to magazines and suggests materialism fuels the aversion to reading.
Reading Habits and The Case for Early Morning Study
By Josephus C. Luke M D F R C S the piece argues modern homes hinder quiet reading due to noise from radios and TVs. It links reading to education and urges students to study early mornings, noting morning absorption is highest after sufficient sleep and before daily distractions resume.
Alligators and human foolishness in Florida wildlife lessons
A writer recalls early Florida life and warns against feeding alligators. He describes dangers from feeding wildlife and recounts a field trip where a group of conservationists witness young gators feeding on chicken scraps, then question whether some reptiles could ever pose lethal threats to humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Gators
Public letter questions city planning on oil storage risks
A Mount Dora reader questions long range plans and zoning enforcement over Harris Oil Co on S Highland St. The letter argues LP gas and large above ground tanks endanger the south end and claims the council ignored a petition to revoke the LP gas tank permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Oil Co
S. Highland St
Mount Dora
LP. Gas Tank Foundation
Florida Congressman to inspect Alaska wilderness on working vacation
Fifth District Congressman Richard Kelly will spend 23 days walking through Alaska’s wilderness areas as a working vacation with the Forestry Subcommittee duties. He will be briefed by Forest Service officials, overfly remote areas, and live off the land to assess terrain and potential value for land preservation versus forest use. His son John, 14, accompanies him, with travel funded by Kelly.
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Washington
Richard Kelly
Florida
Kelly
Agriculture Committee
Forest Service
Congress
John
Alaska
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Mount Bora
A.M. Liveright
Josephus C. Luke, M.D
F.r.cs
Suzie
Eddie
National Parks
Margo Hosfor
Tsoever
Sth
C. O. Lott
Lott
W. S. McWhorter
The
Interior Committee
Subcommittee On General Oversight
Agenda City Council
Sera Minn
Wo Roval
Aig
Cheneas Wis
Council
Lott Wald
Dake
Ms. Lowe
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